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Before heading to Asia tomorrow on her first trip as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton sent a clear message to North Korea: Scrap the nukes, drop the war talk, and reap the benefits of better relations with the US, CNN reports. Pyongyang's nuclear program is “the most acute challenge to stability in northeast Asia,” said Clinton. But the Obama administration will normalize relations and help forge a permanent peace treaty on the peninsula if the North “completely and verifiably” disarms.

Recently, North Korea has threatened to dump peace pacts with South Korea and test a missile that could hit the US. Clinton slammed the Bush administration for acting too “reflexively” without “hearing the facts.” The US will no longer operate a “country-by-country” foreign policy, she said. She discussed greater engagement with Asia, the destination of her first trip abroad, breaking with a State tradition of first visiting Europe.

that lillipution madman is going to do something real horrific eventually....I aint a hillary fan, but ...... i do hope she does a good effective job...that little wacko is scary and unstable

Kenja

Feb 14, 2009 10:43 PM CST

Hiliary better trend lightly, North Korea has nothing to really lose. If they war against South Korea it's a win/win situation. If they win they have all of South Korea, if they lose the US will spend billions rebuilding their country